Fujita Seiko:: The Last Koga Ninja by Phillip T. Hevener
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Book Reviews of Fujita Seiko:: The Last Koga Ninja
Book Review: Great job!
Summary: 4 Stars
Like others, I have always wanted to know more about the life and mystery surrounding Fujita Seiko and the Koga ryu ninja lineage. The book cites all the sources used, and goes into specific detail about Fujita's early life, how he came into the arts he studied, and which schools he either passed on, or took to the grave with him. It's also interesting to read about his funeral, and all the highly-respected budo/bujutsu and koryu practicioners that attended, testifying to Fujita's credentials. I also didn't know about his kempo, jojutsu and shurikenjutsu arts, for which he was known in Japan at the time, rather than his "secret" side (Koga Wada ha). All in all, a quick, informative read. It's less than a hundred pages, but for 10 dollars, you can't beat this!Book Review: almost got it...
Summary: 4 Stars
this book has some problems...first off its written by a bujinkan member for one...why? and for me he didnt dig deep enough or his opinion is just a little to bias...fujita was a sneaky one there is more to him than whats presented in this book...book is not big enough or long enuff to get to the dam point and point out all the good stuff he could have talked more about his writing of the books and stuff that was in them more for one...but does however give a better background...if you cant read japanese ... so again if looking for the basic truth of fujita in english you could start here...i will say this...he wasnt the last koga ninja...Book Review: Yoshio
Summary: 4 Stars
I feel that Shihan Hevener did an excellent job in researching and reporting this amazing story. I found the information enlightening and very interesting. Additionally, considering the number of artists practicing Kogo-ryu Ninjutsu and the fact that Mr. Hevener has or is a practicing member of the Bujinkan, I feel Mr. Hevener's approach rather unbiased and fair, both to O'Sensei Seiko and to Koga-ryu Ninjutsu practioners.
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Japanese history and/or in Japanese martial arts, expecially the history of ninjutsu.
Book Review: Money well spent!
Summary: 4 Stars
I found this book both interesting and insightful. Well researched and written. My only advice is to enlarge the font and add some more photographs. The core of the book is only 70 pages long, but for $10, it's money well spent.Book Review: fujita seiko
Summary: 3 Stars
This was an interesting book wich illustrated some little known points about the life of this mysterious man.the book is actually really short but what is there is excellent. after i finished it i still needed more though. great book for its content but was poorly put together.